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European Capital of Culture

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The European Capital of Culture is an event that was established in 1985.

European Capital of Culture

Summary

European Capital of Culture is a government program[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • European Capital of Culture's instance of is recorded as government program[3].
  • European Capital of Culture's instance of is recorded as event sequence[4].
  • European Capital of Culture's instance of is recorded as award[5].
  • European Capital of Culture's Commons category is recorded as European Capital of Culture[6].
  • 1985 marks the founding of European Capital of Culture[7].
  • European Capital of Culture's official website is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/actions/capitals-culture_en[8].
  • European Capital of Culture's official website is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/actions/capitals-culture_fr[9].
  • European Capital of Culture's official website is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/actions/capitals-culture_de[10].
  • European Capital of Culture's official website is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/actions/capitals-culture_it[11].
  • European Capital of Culture's official website is recorded as https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/actions/capitals-culture_es[12].
  • European Capital of Culture's topic's main category is recorded as Category:European Capital of Culture[13].
  • European Capital of Culture's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[14].
  • European Capital of Culture's topic has template is recorded as Template:European Capital of Culture[15].
  • European Capital of Culture's has list is recorded as list of European Capitals of Culture[16].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include government program[3], event sequence[4], and award[5].

Why It Matters

European Capital of Culture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

award Bologna Elefsina Košice Matera Oulu Reykjavík Salamanca San Sebastián Valletta

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Europalexikon id → 176884
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9438]]: 176884, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112025521|Europäische Kulturhauptstadt (#112025521)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4371|Euro"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0334305-Evropske-hlavni-mesto-kultury-projekt
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0334305-Evropske-hlavni-mesto-kultury-projekt, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  3. 9w ago · Chalmd · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 48841393-e5fb-4f57-ad18-bdeda1636171
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 48841393-e5fb-4f57-ad18-bdeda1636171, Adding BBC Things ID"
  4. 10w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Has list → list of European Capitals of Culture
    Instance of → government program, event sequence, award
    Topic's main category → Category:European Capital of Culture
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17961, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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